Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos Prediction, 9/8/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, September 8, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (58-51, 4th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (53-59, 7th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Friday, September 8, 2023.

The Giants have tallied 174 doubles as a squad and have smacked 53 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .359 and have been called out on strikes 763 times, while drawing a walk on 412 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 6th in KBO. They have recorded 466 runs batted in as well as 988 hits so far this season, and their batting average is at .263. They have 501 runs while holding a team OBP of .337.

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Min Suk Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Kim has hit 4 balls out of the park while knocking in 36 runs. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 446 times and has delivered a base hit 104 times. Kim has a batting average of .263 for his career in baseball, in addition to 60 scored runs and an OPS of .673. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .352 and he has totaled 139 bases. He has gone down on strikes 108 times and has gotten a free base on 33 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .321 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 2,986 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,056 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .981 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and have accumulated 82 double plays. The Giants have swiped 68 bags and have been caught 36 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 34.6%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.24 on the season (6th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 822 hitters. Giants pitchers have conceded 62 home runs in addition to 528 runs in total (5th in baseball). Lotte has allowed 1,048 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 469 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.92 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48.

NC has compiled 81 HRs for the season in addition to 500 runs batted in. They have recorded 172 doubles, while walking 396 times as well as putting up 531 runs. The NC Dinos have recorded an on-base percentage of .348 in addition to a team batting average of .270 so far this year. The Dinos hold a team SLG% of .392 and they score 4.78 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 788 occasions (4th in baseball) and have totaled 1,031 base knocks.

Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has recorded a walk 367 times while striking out on 582 plate appearances. His OBP sits at .391 and he also has a career OPS of .878. Over the course of the 3,908 at-bats in his career, Park has hit .325 in addition to having 1,272 base hits. He has amassed 694 runs in addition to having earned 603 RBIs. He has gone yard 109 times, with 1,903 bases in total and also a .487 slugging percentage.

Of their 113 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 80 times and been caught 33 times (29.2% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have turned 104 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in the league). The Dinos have accrued 1,041 assists, 100 errors and have amassed 2,977 putouts over the course of the season.

The NC pitching staff have conceded 470 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.73 (411 earned runs given up). They have conceded 74 homers and they relinquish 4.26 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.318 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.26 as a team this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.03 (849 strikeouts vs 418 free passes). They come in at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 890.

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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